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POPLAR
9999 Ormp DATE MT HISTORICAL SOC 225 N ROBERTS HELENA MT 59601
SHOPPER
POST OFFICE BOX 668 PHONE 768-3453 POPLAR, FONTANA 59255
PHS GIRLS BASKETBALL -Left to right, Val Moran, Gma Ryan,.Carol Old Horn, Denise Smith, Susie Cowen, Mary Davis, Vonda Bighorn, Sheilia Browning, Faith Eagleman, Mary Plain Feather. Not picture: Shawna Myers, Lanette Ryan.
IMPORTANT INFO
FOR POPLAR CITY RESIDENCE_
The City of Poplar Water Department will enact the following regulations immediately.
"This regulation is espec--ally important for owners of trailer homes. The City of Poplar will be charging a fee of $50.00 to repair frozen water meters. Anyone having a basement or crawl space that is not protected from freezing must install a heat tape and insulate the exposed water pipes and water meter. Make sure your heat tape is in working condition and plugged in. Be sure insulation is in good shape. The City of Poplar Garbage Department would like to notify all people on the City route of the following Regulations: I. Do, not put leaves or grass in the garbage containers unless they are placed in plastic bags. Leaves and grass cuttings are very hard to dump and they have a very offensive odor if left in the container for a few days.
2. Do not put tree branches or logs in these containers.
3. Do not put whole boxes in these containers, they take a lot of space and are very hard to empty. Cut the boxes and flatten them before discarding. This regulation about wiole boxes has been virtually ignored
by most stores and businesses. If it continues to be ignored the City will have to enforce this Regulation. It. Do not put ashes of sny kind in these containers. This is very important.
The following are two Ordinances that will be enforced in the future to help clean up our City.
WASTE MATERIAL. Any person who shall throw or deposit any waste or injurious material on any street, sidewalk, public place or private property or allow the same to accumulate upon the premises occn'ed by hin or shall deposit any paper or rubbish on any premises, or at any place outside of an enclosed building, unless he shall deposit same in* suitable receptacle provided therefor, which said receptacle shall be properly covered and fastened in such manner that the contents thereof cannot be blown therefrom, within the City limits, shall be deemed guilty of committing a nuisance.
AN ORDINANCE GOVERNING THE CONSUMPTION OF LIQUOR IN PUBLIC PLACES WITHIN THE CITY OF POP-
LAR, AND PROHIBITING THE TRANSPORTATION OF OPEN CONTAINERS UPON PUBLIC THOROUGHFARES OR IN PUBLIC PLACES: BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF POPLAR, M ONTANA. Section 1. Except in the case of liquor purchased and consumed in accordance with the beer license, liquor licence, or a special license for a purpose permitting its consumption in a public place, no person shall consume liquor in a public place. Section 2. It shall be unlawful to transport an open container of liquor upon a public thoroughfare or in a public place other than in a public place licensed for the consumption of liquor. Section 3. The penalty for violations hereunder shall be controlled by the General Penalty Ordinance._
STEVE HOWE
WINNER
Steve Rowe, a senior at Poplar High School, has been named the school's top Century III Leader according to Hal Haefer, counselor. The 18-year-old student is now eligible to compete with other local winners from around the state for one of two $1,500 scholarships and an all-expense-paid trip to the national Century III Leaders Conference, slated for March �-7, 1983, in Colonial Williamsburg, Va. State winners will compete for the national winner's prize of an additional $10,000 scholarship.
The Century HI Leaders program is designed to bring together and recognize student leaders who show both strong leadership abilities and an interest in the future of America. Steve Rowe was judged on the basis of leader-
ship skills, school and community involvement, and a current events examination, he also wrote a short essay on a particular issue that challenges America in its third century. This is the eighth year of the Century III Leaders Program, which awards a total of $218,500 in scholarships to 20* young leaders. Century III is sponsored and administered by the National Association of Secondary School Principals, and funded by the Shell Oil Company. The Williamsburg meeting will be highlighted by major speakers and seminars, along with discussions among students and leaders from the worlds of business, education, and government. Speakers at past conferences have included newsmen Harry Reason-er, Howard K. Smith, Tom Brokaw, and Charles Kuralt; philosopher and futurist Buck-minster Fuller, and the librarian of congress, Daniel Boorstin.
SUBSCRIPTION RATE $8.00 PER YEAR
BULK RATE
U.S. POSTAGE POPLAR, MT. PERMIT Ilk October 28,1982
OPEN LETTER
LETTER TO THE EDITOR:
On October the 14th and 15th I attended our regular meeting of the Legislative Finance Committee in Helena. It was a very interesting meeting so I thought 1 would pass on some of the issues that were discussed. This is a 12 member bi-partisan committee that oversees the functionsof all agencies of state government to see if they are following legislative intent and spending the funds as appropriated. We also asked Legislative Interim Committees to report on what bills they are considering to introduce and what affects they will have on all Montanans. The Joint Sub-Committee on Education held their funal meeting on September 10th so we asked them to come before our Committee and report on their proposed Legislation. The Education Committee has drafted L.C. 29 which will, if passed, increase the 40 mill mandatory school equalization to 55 mills.
It is an attempt to take another $7.2 Million Dollars from the 7 major oil producing Counties and distribute the added revenue in school districts in the more populated areas of the state. 1 do not have the figures on what it will do to Daniels or Roosevelt Counties but I do have the figures for Sheridan which will give you an example on what is happening. In 1981 the <�0 mill mandatory school tax took $1.3 million from Sheridan County, in 1982 $1.6 million and if an additional 15 mills are added it would be over $2 million. The Education Committee is also considering legislation to with hold state aid to school districts who do not have school buses filled to 50% capacity of eligible school children.
This would certainly work a hardship in rural communities because a school bus that doesn't have 2U or more school children from outside the 3 m ile lim it on a 18 passenger bus when it arrives at the school would have a portion of state aide withheld. Earlier this same committee had intended to introduce legislation to withhold state aid to schools that had less than 100 high school students. This was an attempt to force schools to consolidate. We were successful in getting them to drop this proposal. Our committee had Lt. Governor George Turman reports in his proposal for state aid to Cities, Towns and Counties. His proposal would take one percent of the oil severance tax which will increase to six percent on July 1st, 1983. This one percent amounts to $8 million. It is intended to put this money into a block grant and distribute the funds back to the counties based on the counties taxable value. This is just another attempt to take more money from the oil and coal producing counties and give it to the more populated areas of the state. I told Mr. Turman, that his proposal is almost identical to what the Federal Government proposes in giving aid to states.
States with oil and coal would receive very little funding. The same State Officials who opposed the Federal proposal are now advocating the same idea on aid to the counties. I can remember the time when we didn't have this added wealth and had to tax ourselves for the things we needed.
I have asked them this question, when tne oil runs out will you, who now want us to share, sharew with us or will it be like it was in the past.
It looks like it will be a very interesting session in 1983. Many have asked what has happened with reapportionment. On October 5 the Reapportionment Commission adopted their proposal by a 3 to 2 vote. The three Democrat members voting yes, the two Republicans voting no. Alter attending two Reapportionment Commission hearings it has become obvious that the Democratic leadership feels this is a way they can eliminate Republican legislators. The hearings for this area were mere window dressing. They have completely ignored the wishes of the majority of those living in the area and the problems that can be caused by their gerrymandering.
When the commission took 2905 people from eastern Roosevelt County and put them into a legislative district on the south side of the Missouri River they were able to then gerrymander and manipulate the legislative districts across the northern part of Montana and eliminate one Republican senate seat, another vote in the legislature taken away from rural Montana. Representative Glenn Jacobson made the statement in the October 13th issue of the Plentywood Herald that it was none of the legislator's business to determine district boundaries. He also said "I think the two persons most shook up by reapportionment are legislators." I am sure he is referring to Representative Chet Solberg and myself. I would like to point out to Mr. Jacobson that Montana is only one of three states that don't leave it up to the legislators to decide legislative districts. cont. on pg. 10

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POPLAR
9999 Ormp DATE MT HISTORICAL SOC 225 N ROBERTS HELENA MT 59601
SHOPPER
POST OFFICE BOX 668 PHONE 768-3453 POPLAR, FONTANA 59255
PHS GIRLS BASKETBALL -Left to right, Val Moran, Gma Ryan,.Carol Old Horn, Denise Smith, Susie Cowen, Mary Davis, Vonda Bighorn, Sheilia Browning, Faith Eagleman, Mary Plain Feather. Not picture: Shawna Myers, Lanette Ryan.
IMPORTANT INFO
FOR POPLAR CITY RESIDENCE_
The City of Poplar Water Department will enact the following regulations immediately.
"This regulation is espec--ally important for owners of trailer homes. The City of Poplar will be charging a fee of $50.00 to repair frozen water meters. Anyone having a basement or crawl space that is not protected from freezing must install a heat tape and insulate the exposed water pipes and water meter. Make sure your heat tape is in working condition and plugged in. Be sure insulation is in good shape. The City of Poplar Garbage Department would like to notify all people on the City route of the following Regulations: I. Do, not put leaves or grass in the garbage containers unless they are placed in plastic bags. Leaves and grass cuttings are very hard to dump and they have a very offensive odor if left in the container for a few days.
2. Do not put tree branches or logs in these containers.
3. Do not put whole boxes in these containers, they take a lot of space and are very hard to empty. Cut the boxes and flatten them before discarding. This regulation about wiole boxes has been virtually ignored
by most stores and businesses. If it continues to be ignored the City will have to enforce this Regulation. It. Do not put ashes of sny kind in these containers. This is very important.
The following are two Ordinances that will be enforced in the future to help clean up our City.
WASTE MATERIAL. Any person who shall throw or deposit any waste or injurious material on any street, sidewalk, public place or private property or allow the same to accumulate upon the premises occn'ed by hin or shall deposit any paper or rubbish on any premises, or at any place outside of an enclosed building, unless he shall deposit same in* suitable receptacle provided therefor, which said receptacle shall be properly covered and fastened in such manner that the contents thereof cannot be blown therefrom, within the City limits, shall be deemed guilty of committing a nuisance.
AN ORDINANCE GOVERNING THE CONSUMPTION OF LIQUOR IN PUBLIC PLACES WITHIN THE CITY OF POP-
LAR, AND PROHIBITING THE TRANSPORTATION OF OPEN CONTAINERS UPON PUBLIC THOROUGHFARES OR IN PUBLIC PLACES: BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF POPLAR, M ONTANA. Section 1. Except in the case of liquor purchased and consumed in accordance with the beer license, liquor licence, or a special license for a purpose permitting its consumption in a public place, no person shall consume liquor in a public place. Section 2. It shall be unlawful to transport an open container of liquor upon a public thoroughfare or in a public place other than in a public place licensed for the consumption of liquor. Section 3. The penalty for violations hereunder shall be controlled by the General Penalty Ordinance._
STEVE HOWE
WINNER
Steve Rowe, a senior at Poplar High School, has been named the school's top Century III Leader according to Hal Haefer, counselor. The 18-year-old student is now eligible to compete with other local winners from around the state for one of two $1,500 scholarships and an all-expense-paid trip to the national Century III Leaders Conference, slated for March �-7, 1983, in Colonial Williamsburg, Va. State winners will compete for the national winner's prize of an additional $10,000 scholarship.
The Century HI Leaders program is designed to bring together and recognize student leaders who show both strong leadership abilities and an interest in the future of America. Steve Rowe was judged on the basis of leader-
ship skills, school and community involvement, and a current events examination, he also wrote a short essay on a particular issue that challenges America in its third century. This is the eighth year of the Century III Leaders Program, which awards a total of $218,500 in scholarships to 20* young leaders. Century III is sponsored and administered by the National Association of Secondary School Principals, and funded by the Shell Oil Company. The Williamsburg meeting will be highlighted by major speakers and seminars, along with discussions among students and leaders from the worlds of business, education, and government. Speakers at past conferences have included newsmen Harry Reason-er, Howard K. Smith, Tom Brokaw, and Charles Kuralt; philosopher and futurist Buck-minster Fuller, and the librarian of congress, Daniel Boorstin.
SUBSCRIPTION RATE $8.00 PER YEAR
BULK RATE
U.S. POSTAGE POPLAR, MT. PERMIT Ilk October 28,1982
OPEN LETTER
LETTER TO THE EDITOR:
On October the 14th and 15th I attended our regular meeting of the Legislative Finance Committee in Helena. It was a very interesting meeting so I thought 1 would pass on some of the issues that were discussed. This is a 12 member bi-partisan committee that oversees the functionsof all agencies of state government to see if they are following legislative intent and spending the funds as appropriated. We also asked Legislative Interim Committees to report on what bills they are considering to introduce and what affects they will have on all Montanans. The Joint Sub-Committee on Education held their funal meeting on September 10th so we asked them to come before our Committee and report on their proposed Legislation. The Education Committee has drafted L.C. 29 which will, if passed, increase the 40 mill mandatory school equalization to 55 mills.
It is an attempt to take another $7.2 Million Dollars from the 7 major oil producing Counties and distribute the added revenue in school districts in the more populated areas of the state. 1 do not have the figures on what it will do to Daniels or Roosevelt Counties but I do have the figures for Sheridan which will give you an example on what is happening. In 1981 the